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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1928
Page
3
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a local combat context and a boastful remark. Names, places, and clear actions are unclear but imply a conflict or brag between parties in the street or club scene. Further readable details are not present to identify participants or event date.
The readable fragments mention Ham Sharp and musical references with unclear context. No full events, dates, or actions are discernible. Unable to determine a coherent news item from the garbled text.
A bank employee recounts a office girl's struggle with debt and a stalled cutting plan. By returning a chair and starting a thrift account she saves over two hundred dollars, choosing family needs over material wants as she outgrows impulsive buying and learns disciplined saving. Henry Ford is noted for his sales power.
Mrs. Moberg, 32, of 107 Chautauqua Avenue, wife of Azel K. Moberg, was critically injured in a hit and run at Newland and Chautauqua Avenues. Frank Van Ivery, 40, of 79 Livingston Avenue, held on $10,000 bail after confessing to driving the vehicle. a baby boy died during emergency operation to save the mother, who was near delivering a child.
A GE demonstration in Schenectady showed television delivering sights and sounds into homes, with vision broadcast on a separate wavelength and a light-based receiver converting images to pictures. Testers watched moving figures, heard dialogue, and observed a cigarette’s smoke on screen.
A fragment from a language lesson page presents questions about grammar pronunciation and vocabulary. It lists items such as correcting the sentence What kind of a house in it and asks which word is misspelled among Diplomacy dipthong dirigible dishevel and more.
NEA Service writer recounts Capitol life with Democrats portrayed as a sprawling family. Report highlights include Mrs Clem Shaver quelling talk of candidates, Heflin vs Miss Davis clashes at a Women’s Democratic Law Enforcement League meeting, and a chaotic lobby scene with a restraining husband and rival salons.
The piece notes a 19th century writer praising a Hopting ton library collection of Shakespearean intermediaries. It argues that a proper coterie of facsimiles and essays equates to major national museums in cultural value and scope.
The Redpath Lyceum course closes tonight at Columbus Community church with The Musketeers led by H Ruthten McDonald performing Musketeer era songs from France and Scotch tunes plus modern English and American songs. McDonald will offer humorous readings and impersonations with the Musketeer and Scotch costumes praised as top on the American stage.
Five largest cities in the world are listed, and the only President pictured on a U S coin in his lifetime is identified. The nearest celestial body to Earth among all is named. The leading state in literacy is named. The four stones truly called precious are named, with solutions noting the cornflower as Kaiser blume, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the cross, and Mount Wainlenle in the Hawaiian Islands.
A 40 foot by 6 foot 8 inch by 8 foot box car loaded with wheat to a depth of 4 feet 6 inches weighs 60 pounds per bushel. Compute total wheat weight and freight at 16 cents per hundredweight. Result given as 13.84 dollars with an outlined numeric method.
A sneeze is a sudden violent exhalation caused by irritation of the nasal mucosa. It involves the coordinated action of facial nerves and airway muscles, triggered by irritants in the nasal passages.
State police search for Helen McQuaide of Pintownship after two men in a truck abducted her as she walked with her sister on a highway near Jeannette. The sister fled home to alert her parents.
Pittsburgh report says a boy and a woman died in hospitals from injuries in automobile accidents. Elizabeth Robb 73 died from internal injuries suffered Tuesday after being struck by a motor vehicle. Vincent Ferral 7 died from a fractured skull while en route to school last Friday. William Millstein 76 survived a skull fracture from an automobile incident yesterday.
The article notes that trees do not start growing at the same time in spring. Some begin early in spring while others delay until late April or early May. Black cherry stunts its growth around early April, yellow poplar waits until about April 15, and Norway spruce waits until early May.
An old advertising notice promotes Creomulsion as a medical remedy for persistent coughs and colds. It claims soothing and healing of inflamed membranes, germ inhibition, and internal absorption. The text asserts medical authority, guarantees relief with proper use, and warns money is due if not relieved.
Erie hosts its annual automobile show in the Twelfth Street Market Building starting Monday January 23, organized by the Erie Automotive Association. Dealers expect vast attendance as new designs and price cuts expand buyer access, with major makes on display and NY show touches echoed locally. William Stirling chairs the committee with C O Birkland Carl Weber Peter Hart Job and Richard Wolfe assisting. A E Freeman serves as association president and R Cummins as show manager.
In Hahnvile La on Jan 16 Captain C L Blazer of the tug City of Pittsburgh was placed under a $10,000 bond on a manslaughter charge after the tug crashed into a Narco area launch ferry. Ten empty barges in tow were involved. onlookers had warned of danger but the warning came too late. The launch sank quickly, passengers drowned, and Blazer was later allowed to proceed to Pittsburgh. The tug is owned by Carnegie Steel Corporation of Pittsburgh.
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